Season 1957-1958

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21 September 1957

 

Wallasey Athletic Club’s prospects – cross-country
The cross-country season for Merseyside athletes opens on October 5, with the ever popular Monstre meet; this year it is to be run from the Green Dragon, St. Helens, so it would appear that excellent opportunities for refreshment will be close to hand at the finish.
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05 October 1957

 

Wallasey wins senior race
The match held last Saturday with Port Sunlight, Waterloo and Southport athletic clubs, proved quite successful so far as Wallasey A.C. was concerned.
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12 October 1957

 

Cross-Country - Wallasey's four in first six of big race
Wallasey A.C. secured four of the first six placings in the senior race in the big cross-country meeting at the Green Dragon, St. Helens, last Saturday.
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16 November 1957

 

Great victory for Wallasey runners
Wallasey A.C. sprang a surprise when they deservedly won the annual Waterloo Road Race over the 63/4 mile course.
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30 November 1957

 

Fine performance by Grammar School team - Liscard S.M. boys lead in the junior race
The Wallasey school championships held at Leasowe last week, proved that there is a wealth of young athletic talent, in the borough for the size of the field in the junior race, and the times put up were well above average.
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14 December 1957

 

Wallasey runners 1,2,3... in senior championship win
At Port Sunlight last Saturday, Wallasey A.C. scored their first senior championship victory for a good many years when they defeated powerful Sutton Harriers and Pembroke A.C. in the H. S. Finney Elimination Trophy.
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11 January 1958

 

Wallasey (junior) runners are Senior County Champions - Club's top trio will run for Cheshire
For the first time in the club's history, Wallasey Athletic Club won the senior County Championship, last Saturday, at The Dale, Chester.
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25 January 1958

 

Fine feat by Wallasey's three young county runners
Three young members of Wallasey Athletic Club, running in the Inter-Counties Championships held at Trentham Gardens, Stoke, last Saturday, pulled off a feat which can never been equalled in the club's history.
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01 February 1958

 

Wallasey A.C. win junior team title
Wallasey Athletic Club had outstanding success at the Liverpool & District Cross-Country Championships at Wavertree last Saturday, winning their junior team title and also taking individual honours, while John Wright was runner-up in the seniors, the first man home being Ronnie Williams of Pembroke.
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15 February 1958

 

Junior runners take another team title
At the Vulcan Iron Foundry, Earlestown, last Saturday, Wallasey A.C. again showed that their junior team is the best in the history of the club, and is probably among the top five in the country.
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01 March 1958

 

Junior runners 3rd in Northern Championships
The Northern Counties Cross-Country Championships, held last Saturday at Bingley near Leeds, proved fairly satisfying for local enthusiasts.
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17 May 1958

 

Athletic club’s finest season - Cross-Country successes
Now that cross-country runners have put away their studded shoes or have resorted to pounding round the cinder tracks it would appear fitting to summarise the club’s finest season over the country.
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28 June 1958

 

Recent performances by Wallasey athletes
In the Parks and gardens athletics competition at Garston on June 17. Wallasey Athletic Club, despite the absence of numbers, fared better than in recent years, obtaining 1 win, 1 second and 3 fourth places.
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